Fluid container or receptacle.



PATENTED JAN. 13, 1903.

I O. F. KADE. FLUID CONTAINER 0R REGEPTAGLE.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 29, 1902 -N0 MODEL.

WITNESSES.-

% A o/nay VNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

CHARLES F. KADE, OF SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN.

FLUID CONTAINER OR RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,357, dated January13, 1903.

Application. filed November 29, 1902. Serial No. 133,254. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. KADE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan and State ofWisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fluid Containersor Beceptacles, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to fluid containers or receptacles; and theprimary object of the same is to provide a device of this class formedof glass, porcelain, or other suitable material in which retail fluids,such as inks, extracts, &c., are disposed and to be adapted to servesome useful purpose after the fluid has been exhausted. It can be usedas an ink-well and after the latter fluid has been.

exhausted can be readily cleaned, filled with salt, and turned upsidedown and arranged for service as a salt cellar or shaker. This is onlyone instance of the many fluids that may be primarily disposed in theimproved device; and the invention consists in theconstruction andarrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a container orreceptacle embodying the features of the invention and disposed, forinstance, as an ink-well. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of theimproved container or receptacle as shown arranged by Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa view similar to Fig. 2 of the improved device inverted and ready foruse as a salt-shaker or other analogous device after the primary liquidhas been exhausted therefrom.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a hollow body, which is shown substantiallysphericalin form and at one end has a dished or cupshaped extremity 2,with an opening 3 centrally formed therein and communicating with theinterior of the body. The opposite extremity is formed with a foraminateclosure 5, located inwardly from a surrounding or circumferentialterminal rib 6, and on the exterior of said extremity, close to thelocation of the closure, a series of screwcorrugations 7 are providedfor the removable attachment of a flanged cap 8, also formed withsimilar corrugations 9. In the opening 3 a stopper or closure 10 isremovably mounted to render the primary contents of the container orreceptacle accessible and in the afteruse of the improved device toprovide convenient means for filling the body salt or other material.

The shape or contour of the device may be varied without sacrificing thefeatures of the invention, and the material used will be of a naturecapable of resisting corrosion. It is also proposed to exteriorlyornament the body by means of suitable designs burned therein orstanding out in relief thereon. Between the cap 8 and the foraminateclosure 5 in the primary preparation of the improved device a cork stripor disk 11 will be interposed to prevent leakage of the liquid; butafter the latter has been exhausted and the container or receptaclearranged for use as a saltshaker or analogous device the cap 8 and corkstrip or disk 11 are removed, as clearly shown by Fig. 3. Bothextremities of the improved device have a diametrioal extent sufficientto provide a stable support for the container or receptacle whendisposed on either end, the diameter of the extremity 2 in the presentarrangement being greater than that of the extremity 4; but this mayalso be varied at will.

As before indicated, the improved device is adapted for containing manyprimary and secondary materials or substances and will serve efficientlyas a retail novelty for introducing extracts, perfumery, inks,ointments, and other materials and afterward cleansed and arranged forholding salt, pepper, and other condiments.

Changes in the proportions, dimensions, and minor details may beresorted to in addition to those mentioned without departing from thespirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1.A container or receptacle, comprising a hollow body having oppositeends,one end having a central opening therein and the other foraminate, asingle closing device for the central opening, and a removable cap ap- 1with plied over the foraminate end to primarily close the latter.

2. A container or receptacle, comprising a hollow body having oneextremity dished and provided with a central opening thereth rough andthe opposite extremity formed with a foraminate closure, at stopperinserted in the opening of the dished extremity and a cap re movablyapplied to the extremity having the foraininate closure to primarilyseal the latter.

3. A container or receptacle of the class set forth, comprising a hollowbody with an opening through one extremity and of a foraminate closureat the opposite extremity, a stopper removably mounted in the opening ofthe one extremity, a sealing-disk applied against the foraminateclosure, and a cap removably CHARLES F. KADE.

Witnesses:

F. H. POETHIG. A. J. DE SMIDT.

